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Vesuvianite from
Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Diopsideā“˜6 photos of Vesuvianite associated with Diopside at this locality.
Grossularā“˜6 photos of Vesuvianite associated with Grossular at this locality.
Clinochloreā“˜3 photos of Vesuvianite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:306053
Long-form Identifier:1:3:306053:7
GUID (UUID V4):fa133d18-df19-4b7e-abb2-fa3089c89f87
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ā“˜Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
0.9km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Roch Neir, Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1.8km (1.1 miles) ā“˜Pian Ciamarella (Rio Ciamarella), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.0km (3.1 miles) ā“˜Uja di MondovĆØ, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.0km (3.1 miles) ā“˜Garavela Alp, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.5km (3.4 miles) ā“˜Fort Mt. (Monte Fort), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.4km (4.0 miles) ā“˜Laghi Verdi, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
7.5km (4.7 miles) ā“˜Colle del Paschiet (Colle Paschietto), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
7.9km (4.9 miles) ā“˜Vallonetto di Mondrone, Ala di Stura, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
8.7km (5.4 miles) ā“˜Monterosso dā€™Ala, Ala di Stura, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
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PAGANO PO Box 37 Via Oggioni 76 I-20092 Cinisello, Italy renpagan@gmail.com Figure 1 (left). Tiziano Bonisoli...[University of Aberdeen] at 23:48 28 December 2014 Figure 2 (below). Just one corner of the Bonisoli...Huizing photo. Figure 3 (below left). Close-up of one of the many Bonisoli display cases. Terry Huizing...Bonisoli COLLECTION Turin (Torino), Italy Dr. Renato Pagano is a lifelong collector of rare species and...instruments. He and his wife, Adriana, were the recipients of the 2013 Pinch Medal, and the mineral paganoite was
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minerals Article The Vesuvianite Gems of the Val dā€™Ala (Piedmont, Italy) Franca Piera Caucia 1 , Luigi...degli Studi di Pavia, via Ferrata 9, I-27100 Pavia, Italy; francapiera.caucia@unipv.it (F.P.C.); luigitito...I-42100, via G. Puccini 4, I-42124 Reggio Emilia, Italy; mauscacchetti@alice.it DiGSā€”UniversitĆ  degli Studi...Studi di Padova, via Gradenigo 6, I-35131 Padova, Italy; omar.bartoli@unipd.it Correspondence: mariapia... Abstract: In Val dā€™Ala (Western Alps in Piedmont, Italy), the most interesting rocks for mineralogical
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